Pollination and biological control research: Are we neglecting two billion smallholders

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Steward, Peter R ^a   Shackelford, Gorm ^a   Carvalheiro, Luísa G ^a,b   Benton, Tim G ^a   Garibaldi, Lucas A ^c   Sait, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological control; Ecosystem service; Food security; Pollination; Smallholder; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006010398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-3-5     Document Type: Review

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